M.P.P. Mike Colle, Eglinton-Lawrence, a former T.T.C. Chairman,
introduced a Private Members’ Bill on Tuesday, February 24, 2009,
entitled: Zero Tolerance to Violence on Public Transit Act, 2009, where it passed First Reading.
This
bill will impose a maximum fine of up to $50,000, along with the
maximum jail time (of 2 years less one day) allowed under Provincial
law, for anyone carrying a weapon or committing an act of violence
toward any Public Transit employee or passenger, on a Public Transit
vehicle or on Public Transit property.
"With the
recent near fatal shoving incident at the Dufferin Subway Station, the
armed robberies of the Lawrence West and Yorkdale Subway stations, and
the shooting at Osgoode Subway station, it is clear that it is getting
out of hand. The latest shooting on Oakwood Avenue of a T.T.C. bus
passenger merely reinforces the fact that we must act," said M.P.P.
Mike Colle.
M.P.P. Colle also calls on the Federal
Government to pass similar legislation through an amendment to the
Criminal Code, and is writing leaders of all parties in Ottawa to
undertake a similar federal law.
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